Sunday 20 May 2012

The Canucks

Everyone makes fun of Canada's military. I'll admit, even Canadians make fun of them too. Does it consist of hockey players trained in the art of slapshotting explosive pucks at enemy combatants? Are its submarines really canoes with holes in them? Does it even exist?


Haha, well yeah. It exists. They're only hockey players in their spare time, and their submarines are real, modern diesel-electrics. Actually they don't get as much credit as they deserve. Though it's a small fighting defense force, Canada's military is among the most modern in the world, and its intense recruit training churns out highly-trained and qualified soldiers, airmen and sailors fit for service in their respective branch. Granted, there are a few things I'd personally like to see changed (along with a good number of others who'd support my notions, I'm sure), and yeah, it's definitely not comparable in terms of size, strength and technology that you'd find in the US or British armed forces, it can hold it's own for a while. 

Did you know that the Canadian Forces pioneered the use of digital camouflage patterning? Yep! In fact, the United States Marines wear a derivative of CADPAT.

Did you know that a Canadian Forces sniper broke the record for the longest kill in the world, in 2002? 2657 yards! It was later surpassed by a British sniper in 2009, however. 

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